Around the world: Syria buries 22 members of military

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November 26, 2011

SYRIA

22 members of military buried

BEIRUT - Syria buried 22 members of the armed forces Saturday, including six elite pilots, as the government reinforced its message that the 8-month-old revolt against President Bashar Assad is the work of terrorists and foreign agents, not patriotic Syrians seeking reform. But with no sign of violence abating, an Arab League committee agreed Saturday on a draft of recommended sanctions against Syria, including halting cooperation with the nation's central bank and stopping flights to the country. The 22-nation body will vote on the recommendations Sunday in Cairo.

RABAT - An Islamist party is on track to become the largest party in Morocco's new parliament with a dominant showing after two-thirds of the seats were announced by the Interior Ministry on Saturday. The Justice and Development Party has taken 80 seats, almost twice as many as the next most successful party, with 282 seats announced out of the 395 up for grabs in the nationwide vote a day earlier.

NIGERIA

Fighting erupts in sect's home

MAIDUGURI - Explosions and heavy gunfire echoed Saturday night through a city in northeast Nigeria that's home to a powerful politician, witnesses and officials said, the latest major attack in a region home to a radical Muslim sect. It wasn't immediately clear if there were any casualties. The attacks began at 12:30 p.m. CST in the city of Geidam in Yobe state, which is near Nigeria's arid border with Niger, authorities said.

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